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caminocoffee reacted to MTtoCamino's post in the thread Pilgrims Behaving Badly - Is the Camino Frances full? with
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This is such a sad message. I can only pray that the no respect visitors will become bored with walking, or find the error of their ways. Living in a fire prone place the effect of having to stay indoors to avoid the smoke is not fun. Not to... -
caminocoffee reacted to jonesy75's post in the thread Pilgrims Behaving Badly - Is the Camino Frances full? with Like.
My husband and I arrived in Santiago de Compostela yesterday after walking from SJPP. From Sarria on, the numbers definitely exploded. Despite that big increase, we saw absolutely no bad behaviour. The mood was calm and kind and though we didn’t...
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caminocoffee reacted to Bradypus's post in the thread Pilgrims Behaving Badly - Is the Camino Frances full? with Like.
I think that we often overestimate the value of pilgrims to the local economy. Certainly the villages and towns directly on the main routes have seen benefits and places like Foncebadon or O Cebreiro have been completely transformed. But those...
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caminocoffee reacted to antepacem's post in the thread Pilgrims Behaving Badly - Is the Camino Frances full? with Like.
Nerd Alert: Lots of early church fathers (Gregory of Nyssa, Gregory of Nazianus, Basil of Caesarea, John Chrysostom, etc.) criticized early Christian pilgrims for wanton behaviour, gluttony, drunkenness, and failure to appreciate the true purpose...
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caminocoffee reacted to Jagdev D.'s post in the thread Pilgrims Behaving Badly - Is the Camino Frances full? with Like.
Every crowd have its jack asses, Out of about half a million pilgrims now ,what % of them behave idiotic. 1/10 of one %, maybe,.. but they make the head lines for bad publicity. All those locals who whine about all pilgrims, should also be...
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caminocoffee replied to the thread Camino Ingles or Frances - last 100 km?.We pre-booked. We will also pre-book for our camino in July 2025. It takes time to plan the route. I booked, cancelled, recalculated, booked again. One of the toughest days was a 10km from Padron to our pension. It was a lot of tar/asphalt and...
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caminocoffee replied to the thread Camino Ingles or Frances - last 100 km?.You do not have to stick with the stages people/apps/books recommend. Make your own stages. Freedom of walking a camino! When we did the Portuguese from Valença we had short stages of about10km and long stages about 20km. We decided to do...
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caminocoffee replied to the thread What ailments to expect after many days of walking?.I had no blisters but on day three I developed a rash on my legs (vasculites). I had to walk with my white flight socks which helped a lot. It looked odd but no one cared. The ball of my foot also became very sore. But every morning you wake up...
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caminocoffee replied to the thread When to rent accommodation?.You could perhaps walk from Valença to Santiago. On your Compostela it will show 124km. Valença is a very interesting place. We prefered to walk shorter distances per day rather than taking a rest day. We booked in advance through booking.com and...
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I wouldn’t now count on the Ingles being ‘less crowded’ per se. It has been ‘discovered’ recently as part of the increased emphasis on ‘just doing the last 100k’. Clearly it only has a fraction of the footfall of the Frances - but it has far...
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